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Judi wrote: »

I must have been about 7 or 8 and i got presented with this huge box wrapped in christmas wrapping paper. I opened it to find a smaller box which was wrapped. I opened that box to find another wrapped box. I kept opening these boxes to find a small watch inside. I hadnt asked for a watch and it was totally unexpected. I had asked for a walking doll with blonde hair and when i saw the box i assumed i was unwrapping what i had asked for.

Mother found it funny. I didnt.

I'll never understand the mindset of people who do that kind of thing. I remember watching a Youtube video of a young boy, maybe 10, who excitedly unwrapped his present to reveal an X Box console box. He got so excited and wide-eyed, saying thank you, thank you...until he opened the box and it was empty. You could then see and hear the family laughing their socks off at their little joke. I actually cried watching that.

MarilynMonroe_2

As a child a proper christmas jumper, and a nighty that had marks on that my mam got from a seconds shop.

As an adult a food steamer

jellyhead

A glove puppet when I was 3 ... every present I got was identical to my younger sister's and I really resented being one of 'the girls'.

Doubledrop

WHen I was a kid I wanted a Head sports bag, my dad thought it would be funny to attach a strap made out of a belt to a dolls head. I didn't think it was funny at the time, although I saw the funny side once I was given a real Head bag.

Worst adult present came from my sister, who gave me a god awful large photo of myself in a frame.

geminilady

A toy cat when I was about ten,I wanted a real one but my parents did not realise how much.They did get me one in the new year the runt of the litter which lived to be 16

outtawork

my first xmas with my boyfriend (we had been together 10 months) he had teased me since sept that I was getting something black that I really wanted.I was expecting a nightie & I got a black shopping bag, so did his mum & nan. I was 22 years old.

daisiegg

I have a very kind aunt who I never see, who always gives me a £10 book voucher each Christmas and birthday. I am very grateful for this and it would be more than enough - I don't expect anything from her.

However, she always seems to feel that she should give me something 'to open' alongside it. One of the worst has been a Gardener's World address book....when I was 15. Other highlights include some clothes hangers when I was 12. I also once got a sparkly nail polish set aimed at pre-teens when I was 23. Bless her - I really appreciate the book voucher and I'm only hoping that she's sometimes recycling gifts she has been given or that she's giving me things she's found in a charity shop or on BOGOF or something, as I hope she is not spending much money on these presents as they tend to be speedily given away!

Tiglath

A very detailed book on great scientific inventions. I was 5.

room512

A visitors book - have no idea why anyone would want one, unless they own some sort of holiday accommodation, which I don't!

browneyedbazzi

Last year my mom sent me a chia pet in the shape of a christmas tree...No idea why she thought it was good gift for me and still can't believed she wasted money buying it and sending it airmail to me! I think it'll be going on ebay in the run up to christmas this year.

http://www.amazon.com/Chia-Christmas-Tree/dp/B000RLFF66

I recently asked my partner for a little car vacuum for my birthday (I really want one!) and he refused to buy me one because he doesn't like the idea of people hearing that he bought me a vacuum for a gift lol